The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-07-15

why the Republleon Party u unanImouo
IN Dsnounelag the Coaersd ttac~
In . recent speech on woman's
suffrage Senator Ingalls,. Of Kansas.
said: Il have no hesitancy in saying
that granting the right Of suffrage to
the colored people has proven an alb
solute and unqualified failure" Sem
ator ingalls, Is Republican. and one
Of the acknowledged leaders Of his
party. II would be fair TO presume
that he speaks for . large portion Of
his party on the question Of negro
suffrage But we are not left to infer
ence or onjecture on this point From
other Republican leaders and from
various Republican newspapers have
come expressions similar to those Of
Senator ingalls, in his recent speech
1t is common thing TO hear Re-
publicans in Congress declare that the
negro is failure as voter and il
unfit to exercise the privilege Of the
ballot
What Is me logical result Of such
reasoning? II Senator ingalls, and his
brother Republicans believe that the
negro Is unit to vote. they are driven
to one Of two courses They must
either perpetuate what they dcnounce
as an absolute and unqualified failure.
or they must disfranchise the negro.
The colored voter will thus see that, in
any event. he has little to expect from
the Republican party. II he Is to vote
at all. il is over their protest II is
easy to understand the position Of Sen
ator ingalls, and the other Republican
leaders on the question Of negro suf-
frage.
When the negro became voter the
representation Of the South and its
relative influence in Congress were
greatly increased The Republicans
supposed that they could always cor.
troll the negro vote. by arraying il 10
opposition to the bulk Of the W hite vote
Of the South. This miserable policy
has failed The white man and the
black man in the South are naturally
friendly. They understand each other
and trust each other 1t is true that .
| few years after the war the mass Of
negro voters blindly followed the lead
Of the carpct-baggers. who found
| II easy to deceive this simple.
hearted race. But gradually the
eyes Of the negro were opened.
lie saw that he was q mere tool
in the hands Of designing men who
used him for their own Advancement
He was robbed Of his hard-carned say.
ings BY his ncw friends. They fat
tened on public and private plumber
while the negro id the work and the
voting BY which shey prospered. The
| result was inevitable The negro
found that after III his truest andmoss
reliable friends were the white men
with whom he hal been reared They
were readiest to come TO his help when
he got INTO trouble. They did not lie
to him. and they rever stole his money.
These facts have been impressing the
negroes Of the South more and more
forcibly during the past ten years The
election Of President Cleveland. and
his wise and kind policy toward the
negro. have done much to remove
whatever Of political prejudice might
have remained in mis- mind.
| Now that he can not longer be count
ed rs a political slave Of the Republic
an party. but il becoming an indie
pendent. intelligent voter. the Repub
lean leaders declare that he IS utterly
unworthy Of the ballot II these mer
should attempt to carry their views OF
negro suffrage to their logical result
the Democratic party will stand BY thu
negro and see that every right he ha'
under the constitution and the laws d
his country shall be preserved Allan